Contracts Revenue, Percent

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Trade Accounts Receivable and Contract Receivable Retainage, Net

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of revenue earned from products sold or services provided under the terms of a contract, including, but not limited to, government contracts and construction contracts, classified as other.

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Concentration of Risk and Enterprise Wide Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 99,211	$ 125,073	$ 159,767	$ 136,843	$ 162,214	$ 140,162	$ 137,420	$ 138,757	$ 520,894	$ 578,553	$ 578,236
Foreign
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues, percent									2.30%	1.60%	1.30%
Customer concentration risk \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	108,375				124,142				$ 108,375	$ 124,142
Concentration risk, percentage									100.00%	100.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Contract revenues									$ 520,894	$ 578,553	$ 578,236
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	2,319				3,509				$ 2,319	$ 3,509
Concentration risk, percentage									2.00%	3.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									8.00%	11.00%	7.00%
Contract revenues									$ 42,143	$ 63,823	$ 40,361
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	916				4,503				$ 916	$ 4,503
Concentration risk, percentage									1.00%	3.00%
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									6.00%	7.00%	7.00%
Contract revenues									$ 30,470	$ 42,613	$ 37,700
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	30,187				18,256				$ 30,187	$ 18,256
Concentration risk, percentage									28.00%	15.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									21.00%	16.00%	16.00%
Contract revenues									$ 107,478	$ 91,591	$ 94,461
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 74,953				$ 97,874				$ 74,953	$ 97,874
Concentration risk, percentage									69.00%	79.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									65.00%	66.00%	70.00%
Contract revenues									$ 340,803	$ 380,526	$ 405,714